I’ve been invited to speak at the Streaming Media West conference in Silicon Valley on November 17. I’ll be discussing the successful multichannel video commerce strategy I developed for PFI and the branded video commerce portal developed by myself and Myke Bates. From increases in conversion rates to the fantastic results we have in the SERPS I will be covering the benefits of video commerce in online retail and the future of interactive video commerce.

About Streaming Media West
Attended by more than 2,500 executives last year, Streaming Media West is the only show that covers both the business of online video and the technology of streaming, downloading, Webcasting, Internet TV, IPTV, and mobile video. Covering both corporate and consumer business, technology, and content issues in the enterprise, advertising, media and entertainment, broadcast, and education markets.

Streaming Media West 2009 combines cutting-edge exhibitors and intensive conference sessions with more than 100 speakers, giving you the chance to hear and see the best and the brightest minds in the online video industry—at the podium, in the Exhibit Hall, and among the attendees.

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Streaming Media West 2009 will feature nearly 100 speakers and presenters.

Gerald Abrahamian, Executive Director, New Media Operations, Comcast Entertainment Group

Chris Albrecht, Co-Editor, GigaOM/NewTeeVee

Paul Alfieri, Senior Director, Corporate and Investor Communications, Limelight Networks

Jason Arend, Director of E-Commerce, Online Marketing, and Creative Services, PFI Western

Eric Armstrong, President, Kontiki, Inc.

Roxanne Austin, CEO, Move Networks

Dan Balzer, Training Technology Manager, Retail Learning and Development, BP America

Greg Befort, Director, Regional Public Safety Training Center

Mitch Berman, CEO, ZillionTV

Michael Bishara, SVP, HBO Broadband

Richard Bloom, Course-cast Coordinator, UC Berkeley

Steve Boone, Director, Global Communications, Flowserve Corporation

Maria Buck, Strategic Partner Relationship Manager, AP

Thomas Carpenter, VP, Operations, Digital Chief of Staff, EPIX, Studio 3 Partners

Jose Castillo, President, thinkjose

Nick Chakalos, Senior Director, Strategy and New Business Development, Broadband Home Solutions, Motorola

Will Coghlan, Co-Founder, Senior Producer, Hudson Street Media

Itzik Cohen, CEO, Clipsync

Adam Comey, President, Mountain Sports International

Stephen Condon, Director, Market Development, AT&T Digital Media Services

Zadi Diaz, Creative Director, Co-Founder, Smashface Productions

Colin Dixon, Practice Manager, Broadband Media, TDG

Bob Donlon, GM, Adobe TV

Matt Dunn, Manager, New Media and Studio, Franklin Templeton Investments

Justin Foster, Founder, Video Commerce Consortium

Brent Friedman, Co-Founder, Electric Farm Entertainment (The Gemini Division, Afterworld)

Jim Funk, VP, Business Development, Roku

Haim Goldenberg, Mentalist, Kaltura

Tom Gorke, VP, Digital Distribution, MTV Networks

Shalini Govil-Pai, Lead Product Manager, You Tube/Google

Eric Hards, Team Lead, Multimedia Solutions, Lockheed Martin Enterprise Business Services

Jim Heckman, Founder, CEO, 5to1.com

Octavio Heredia, Director, Extended Education, Arizona State University

Nick Hippe, Solutions Architect, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Marc Hustvedt, Co-Founder, Tubefilter & Editor-in-Chief, Tubefilter News, Tubefilter

Sharon Hutchins, Director, IT Workforce Productivity, Intuit, Inc.

Joe Inzerillo, SVP, MLB.com

Gerry Johnson, Director of Technology, Home Shopping Network

Andres Jordan, VP, Innovation, International Carrier Sales and Solutions, Deutsche Telekom North America

David Jordan, VP, Marketing, Rovi Corporation

Andrew Kippen, VP, Marketing, boxee

Chris Knowlton, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft

Lisa Larson-Kelley, Flash Platform Consultant, Video Specialist, Flashconnections.com

Gee Leung, Principal, Inverness Advisors

George Levar, Manager, Engineering and Deployment, Webcast and Digital Media, Accenture

Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3

Mark Lubeck, Director, Technology & Digital Media, Corporate Communications, Charles Schwab & Co.

Rafi Mamalian, Director, Advertising Sales, blip.tv

Richard Mavrogeanes, Founder, VBrick Systems

Matthew McRae, VP, Products, Vizio

Tom Morgan, Principal, Media.tv

John Morris, CTO, Director of Operations, Drexel University

Mike Moser, Senior Project Manager, Vertigo

Gregg Moss, SVP, Enterprise Streaming Media Strategy and Delivery, Bank of America, Knowledge Channel

Scott Nadzan, Director, Technology Services, Syracuse University

Rico Nasol, Content Team Senior Manager, Zappos.com

Mike Newman, CEO, Accordent Technologies

Jan Ozer, Principal, Doceo Publishing

Vanessa Pappas, Director, Audience and Strategic Partnerships, Next New Networks

Mark Pascarella, CEO, Gotuit

John Paul, VP, Product Development, Sling Media

Patty Perkins, Special Projects Manager, Wachovia

Florian Pestoni, Principal Product Manager, Adobe Systems, Inc.

Greg Posten, Manager, Media Infrastructure and Technology, Sun Microsystems

Jenni Powell, New Media Consultant (LonelyGirl15, The Guild, Legend of Neil)

Dan Pryor, VP, Corporate Communications, Safeway

Dan Rayburn, Executive Vice President, StreamingMedia.com

Ben Reneker, Senior Analyst, SNL Kagan

Emil Rensing, Chief Digital Officer, Studio 3 Partners/EPIX

Paul Riismandel, Director of Curriculum Support, School of Communication, Northwestern University

Marty Roberts, VP, Marketing, thePlatform

Steve Robinson, President, Panache

Jerry Rocha, VP, Mobile Media, Nielsen Online

Ruchir Rodrigues, VP, Product Platforms, Verizon

Steven Sabonjohn, Product Manager, Transcoding, NBC Universal

Tal Saraf, General Manager Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Web Services

Paul Scanlan, President, Co-Founder, MobiTV

David Siegel, VP, IP Services, Product Management, Global Crossing

Caleb Silver, Executive Producer for Video, CNNMoney.com

Matt Smith, Senior Director, Systems Architecture and Strategy, Inlet Technologies

Bill Stone, President, FLO TV

Mike Sullivan, Manager of Video Production, Hot Topic

Arielle Sumits, Senior Analyst, IP Traffic Measurement and Forecasting, Cisco

Doug Sylvester, Chief Strategy Officer, Avail-TVN

Mark Taylor, VP, Product Delivery and Strategy, Level 3

Jeremy Toeman, Founding Partner, Stage Two Consulting

Herve Utheza, President, RCDb

Francisco Varela, Head of Wireless Partnerships, YouTube

Wayne Waterman, Streaming Media Engineer, Intel

Matthew Weisbecker, Director of Sales, Western Region, NBC Universal Digital Media

Brandon White, Interactive Manager, FUNimation Entertainment

Marc Whitten, GM, Xbox LIVE

Brett Wilson, Co-Founder, CEO, TubeMogul

Joe Wilson, VP, Strategic Product Development, Turner Broadcasting

Michael Wolf, VP, Research, GigaOm

Thom Woodley, Partner, Chief Creative Officer, Dinosaur Diorama

Steven Woodward, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

Evan Young, Senior Director, Broadband Services, TiVo

We currently have an opening for a Senior Web Developer who will mainly work on development of enterprise scale ecommerce and video commerce platforms. Applicants must possess a vast working knowledge including but not limited to the following topics.

Education and Training
BA, BS or AAS in computer science, MIS, networking, programming or related area or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Experience
2 – 5 years or equivalent working knowledge and skill as a developer/programmer, web developer with at least one year in an agency/marketing or ecommerce environment.
- Established analytical skills for evaluating improvements to process and system flow
- Proven ability to effectively execute project deliverables from established technical requirements
- Demonstrated proficiency in UI construction, ensuring the integrity of the UI throughout the development lifecycle while optimizing for the user experience and search engines
- Established development language skill sets with the desire to learn new methodologies independently

Required Qualifications
- Must be articulate, have excellent written and oral communication skills, and able to explain both abstract and technical concepts effectively
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task within a fast paced, professional environment
- Ability to understand site functionality and customer expectations of assigned responsibilities
- Ability to apply user interface and interactive design best practices to projects
- Must actively study and apply new trends in markup, marketing, web development, e-commerce and design
- Must have outstanding creativity, attention to detail, and concern for accuracy
- Must be able to work effectively within a team environment

Required Skills
- OOP with PHP
- MySQL
- PHP frameworks such as Zend, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, etc.
- ‘Web 2.0’ Standards
- Intricate knowledge of wordpress development and themeing
- XML, and RSS
- HTML, XHTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX
- Javascript frameworks such as Jquery, script.aculo.us, Prototype, Moo Tools
- Must have a great working knowledge of SEO and Web Analytics
- Knowledge of Unix/Linux – Knowledge of Apache web server
- Knowledge of Windows Server 2003 and IIS
- Must know how to use Adobe Photoshop
- Knowledge of mobile development would be a BIG plus

Additional Skills
- Cocoa/iPhone Application Development
- Magento Ecommerce Development Experience
- Experience with OpenEdge Progress is a plus
- IT and Networking Experience

This is NOT a work from home, freelance or outsourced position. Please send resumes (.doc, .docx, or .pdf only please), portfolios and questions to jason@jasonarend.com

For those who do not meet the qualifications we are do have internship positions available in related areas. Please state that you are interested in an internship position when you email your resume.

Composer JoAnn Kuchera-Morin (Director of the Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology) demos the AlloSphere, a new way to see, hear and interpret scientific data.